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Discarded Cell Phones Seen Posing Pollution Problem • FCC Seeks to Re-Assign Licenses • TripPak Inks Deal with Independent Truck Stops • Biofuel Alternatives to Petroleum Considered • And more...

May 8, 2002

News Briefs - May 8

Navistar May Close Ontario Plant • Kansas Fuel Tax Bill Advances • Stonepath Acquires United American in $16.1 Million Deal • DOE Oil Stock Numbers Track with API Report • And more...

May 8, 2002

Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve unanimously decided to keep interest rates unchanged on Tuesday.

May 7, 2002

Mailbox Bomb Scare Stretches Into Fifth Day

The FBI issued an alert looking for a 21-year-old man in connection with the planting of 18 pipe bombs from Iowa to Colorado, and most recently in Texas, news services reported.

May 7, 2002

Productivity Rises in 1Q; Wholesale Inventories Unchanged

Two economic reports yielded mixed results on Tuesday, as productivity soared 8.6% in the first quarter, but wholesale inventories were unchanged in March..

May 7, 2002

FMCSA Head Sounds Warning About Trucks and Terrorists

AUSTIN, Texas — The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last week he was concerned that the trucking community is letting down its guard against possible terrorist attacks.

May 7, 2002

News Briefs - May 7

Pacer Reports Income at $3.7 Million • Post Office to Make More Job Cuts • W.Va. Truck Task Force to Hold Public Hearing • And more...

May 7, 2002

Diesel Price Up 0.3 Cent to $1.305

After three weeks of declines, most of the nation saw the average price of diesel fuel rise again, pushing the national average to $1.305 a gallon – 0.3 cent higher than last week, the Department of Energy said Monday.

May 6, 2002

National Private Truck Council Sets Goal of Increasing Membership

AUSTIN, Texas — The National Private Truck Council is on the hunt for new members and will attempt to reassert itself, Gary Petty, president and chief executive officer, told members at the association’s 13th annual conference here last week.

May 6, 2002

Editorial: Fuel Prices Continue to Decline

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Fuel prices continued to fall last week, albeit slightly, despite analysts’ expectations that events in the Middle East would drive prices upward.

May 6, 2002

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